Burt Brown Barker

Burt Brown Barker was born in Waitsburg, Washington, and raised in Salem, Oregon. He was a lawyer, arts advocate, university administrator, federal program administrator, regional historian and preservationist. Over the course of his long life he extensively researched the people and places of his home state and was described as the "grand old man of Oregon history." Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Brown_Barker)